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Re: Sciatica - rest or exercise?

From: Tina (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 27 Apr 1999 08:35:35 -0500 (CDT)

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Hello I am not a doctor and I don't know how they will respond but I can tell you my experience. I have had sciatic problems since my teens (I am 27 now). I am in my 35th week and started having more frequent sciatic problems in my 3rd month. I exercise 4 days/week still and have throughout the discomfort (I do the stair climber for 30minutes and then do a cool down walk for 5). Anyway, although it sounds strange, my sciatic pain goes away with/after exercise and is actually worse the day after I DON'T exercise. I truly believe that the exercise helps. About 2 months ago I started to ice my hips for 15 minutes after I exercise and believe this contributes signficantly to lessening any discomfort. By the way, in my 5th month I tried swimming a couple of times instead of stair climbing and found that the sciatic pain got worse. I don't know why since swimming is supposed to be so great during pregnancy. Maybe it has do to with the different types of joints movements or maybe I am just some strange case. Sorry this is so long. I really would suggest you try and ice for 15 minutes after exercise and see if this helps. Tina

At Mon, 26 Apr 1999, murt wrote: >
>Good evening,
>
>Could someone advise if it is better to rest or exercise if suffering
>from sciatica?
>
>I am 16 weeks pg and experiencing severe to moderate pain frequently,
>from sciatica. I have been taking an ante-natal swimming class but this
>seems to be causing more discomfort rather than relief.
>
>Should I be resting (everyone seems to thinks so) or gently exercising?
>Thanks.

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